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What is the Pretribulation Rapture?
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Posted on 10/17/2004 7:31:40 PM PDT by WhatNot

The rapture is an event that will take place sometime in the near future. Jesus will come in the air, catch up the Church from the earth, and then return to heaven with the Church. The Apostle Paul gave a clear description of the rapture event in his letters to the Thessalonians and Corinthians.

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." (1 Thess, 4:16-18).

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality” (1 Cor. 15:51-53).

The timing of the rapture is not known. From the Word of God and from sound reasoning--something Jesus used quite frequently--I hope to prove the reality of the pretribulation rapture.

The word “rapture” comes from Paul's "caught up" remark in verse 17. The words “caught up” are translated from the Greek word harpazo, which means "to carry off," "snatch up," or "grasp hastily." The translation from harpazo to “rapture” involved two steps: first, harpazo became the Latin word raptus; second, raptus became the English word “rapture.”

Scriptural Evidence for the Pretribulation Rapture

The Unknown Hour
When we search the Scriptures and read the passages describing the Lord Jesus' return, we find verses that tell us we won't know the day and hour of that event. Matthew 25:13 says Jesus will return at an unknown time, while Revelation 12:6 indicates that the Jews will have to wait on the Lord 1,260 days, starting when the Antichrist stands in the Temple of God and declares himself to be God (2 Thes 2:4). This event will take place at the mid-point of the seven-year tribulation (Dan 9:27). Note that some people only see a three-and-a-half-year tribulation. In a way, they are correct because the first half of the tribulation will be relatively peaceful compared to the second half. Nonetheless, peaceful or not, there still remains a seven-year period called the tribulation. When the Jews flee into the wilderness, they know that all they have to do is wait out those 1,260 days (Mat 24:16). There is no way to apply the phrase "neither the day nor the hour" to this situation. The only way for these two viewpoints to be true is to separate the two distinct events transpiring here: 1) the rapture of the Church, which comes before the tribulation; and 2) the return of Jesus to the earth, which takes place roughly seven years later.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

In Luke 12:36, the Word states that when Christ returns, He will be returning from a wedding. In Revelation 19:7-8, we read about the marriage itself. The marriage supper takes place before the marriage. According to Jewish custom, the marriage contract, which often includes a dowry, is drawn up first. The contract parallels the act of faith we use when we trust Jesus to be our Savior. The dowry is His life, which was used to purchase us. When it’s time for the wedding, the groom goes to the bride's house unannounced. She comes out to meet him, and then he takes her to his father's house. This precisely correlates with the events according to the pre-trib scenario. Jesus, the Groom, comes down from heaven and calls up the Church, His Bride. After meeting in the air, He and His Bride return to His Father's house, heaven. The marriage supper itself will take place there, while down here on earth the final events of the tribulation will be playing out. After the marriage supper of Jewish tradition, the bride and groom are presented to the world as man and wife. This corresponds to the time when Jesus returns to earth accompanied by an army "clothed in fine linen, white and clean" (Rev 19:14).

What They Didn't Teach You in History Class
Many groups try to discredit the pre-trib rapture by saying most of the end-time events in the Bible have already taken place. A group of people called preterists claims that the Book of Revelation was mostly fulfilled by 70 AD. If the events described in the Book of Revelation took place in the past, I’m at a loss to explain some of the current situations I see around us: the rebirth of Israel, the reunification of Europe, the number of global wars that have occurred, and the development of nuclear weapons. During history class, I must have slept through the part where the teacher talked about the time when a third of the trees were burned up, 100-pound hailstones fell from the sky, and the sea turned into blood (Rev 8:7-8, 16:21). I think several people would have to question their opposition to the pre-trib rapture doctrine if they knew that the evidence provided to them was based on the understanding that most tribulation prophecies have already occurred.

The People of the Millennium
If Christ were to come back after the tribulation, rapture all the saints, and slay all the ungodly, who would be left to populate the earth during the millennium? Only the pre-trib viewpoint can account for this post-trib problem. The Church is raptured before the tribulation, a vast number of souls are saved during this seven-year time frame, and those who make it through the tribulation go into the millennium while the unsaved are cast into hell.

The Saint U-Turn
In the pre-trib scenario, after we rise to meet the Lord in the air, we will go to heaven and abide there seven years. At the end of that period, Christ will come down to earth, defeat the Antichrist, and cleanse the temple. In a post-trib rapture, we would rise in the air to meet the Lord, then do a 180-degree U-turn and come back down to earth. Revelation 1:7 states that Christ will appear out of the clouds and come down to earth. Zechariah 14:4 says that His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. If He's already headed our way, why would we need to be caught up to meet Him?

"Come Up Hither"
Many pre-trib writers cite Revelation 4:1, which says, "come up hither," as a prophetic reference to the rapture of the Church, leaving Revelation chapters 1 through 3 as a description of the Church Age. After the shout to "come up hither," the Church is not mentioned in Scripture at all. The attention of Scripture switches from the Church to the Jews living in Israel.

Armies in Fine Linen
When Jesus returns (Rev. 19:18), an army follows Him. The army’s members are riding on white horses, and they are clothed in fine linen that is white and clean. In Revelation 19:8, we are told that the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. If the saints of God are returning with Christ to wage war on the Antichrist, then it is not possible to have a post-trib rapture without us running into ourselves as we are coming and going.

The Time of Jacob's Trouble
In several passages, the Bible refers to the tribulation as a time of trouble for the Jews. The phrase "Jacob's trouble" pertains to the descendants of Jacob. Jeremiah 30:7 says that this time of trouble will come just before the Lord returns to save His people. The final week of Daniel's 70th week is yet to take place. An angel told Daniel that, "70 weeks are determined unto thy people" (Dan 9:24). Scripture never mentions that the tribulation is meant to be a time of testing for Christians. However, some post-tribbers try to claim that they are the ones being tested during the tribulation. To make this so, they need to spiritualize the 144,000 Jewish believers in Revelation 7:2-8 who receive God's protective seal. Placing the Church dispensation into the same time frame as the seven-year Jewish dispensation, as the post-tribbers do, raises one good question: Can two dispensations transpire at the same time? In the past, God has only dealt with one at a time. Having both present during the tribulation would have to be an exception.

”He” That is Taken Out of the Way
Before the Antichrist can be revealed, Paul said a certain "He" must be taken out of the way. According to 2 Thessalonians 2:7, the "He" that must be removed is widely thought to be the Holy Spirit. It has been promised that the Holy Spirit would never leave the Church, and without the working of the Holy Spirit remaining on earth, no one could be saved during the tribulation. The removal of the Church, which is indwelt by the Holy Ghost, would seem the best explanation for this dilemma. The working of the Holy Spirit could go on during the tribulation, but His influence would be diminished because of the missing Church.

War or Rapture
(Rev 19:19-21) When Jesus returns at the end of the tribulation, He will be coming for battle. For those who believe in a post-trib rapture, it would be strange to meet your Lord and Savior just as He's rushing into battle. The idea that war and rapture could occur together is difficult to imagine, especially since they transpire at the same moment.

The Five Foolish Virgins
The wedding story that Jesus gave in Matthew 25:2-13, I believe, is a parable of the rapture of the Church. It explains how some will not be ready. Jesus clearly states that a group of people will miss out on an event, and will cry out to God to let them into the place where He resides, heaven. Although some try to put this parable in a post-trib context, it doesn't fit very well. The ones left behind in a post-trib rapture will not need to seek the Lord because they'll immediately be confronted by Him and His army of angels.

God Hath Not Appointed Us to Wrath
In 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Paul assures us that God has not appointed His people to wrath. This wrath is plainly God's anger that will be poured out during the tribulation. Pre-trib believers interpret this as meaning that Christians will be removed from the earth. Post-trib believers tell a different story. They describe this as meaning that God will protect Christians during the tribulation and pour this wrath out on the unbelievers only. This idea runs against the statement made in Revelation 13:7, in which the Antichrist is given power to make war with the saints and to overcome them. A post-trib view would make God's promise of protection from wrath into a lie. In years past, it was possible to think of being protected from the guns and swords of that day. Today, when any major war would involve nuclear and chemical weapons, it's impossible to expect that same kind of protection. When Nagasaki, Japan was bombed during World War II, the bomb exploded over a Catholic church. Everyone who was in the center of the explosion died--both Christians and non-Christians. The only way to validly interpret God's promise of protection from wrath is by viewing 1 Thessalonians 5:9 as the bodily removal of the Church from this world.

The Salt of the Earth
Jesus said, "Ye are the salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13). When the believers are suddenly removed, the earth will be plunged into spiritual darkness. When this happens, the Antichrist will then be free to control the world.

God Takes an Inventory
In Revelation 7:3, an angel descends to earth and seals the servants of God. Two bits of information about this sealing highly disclaim a post-trib viewpoint. The first item is the number of people sealed: 144,000. The second one is that all those who are sealed are from the 12 tribes of Israel. For the events in Revelation 7:3-8 to be true in a post-trib interpretation, either the Church has turned against God or God has turned against the Church. A post-tribber could write a thousand-word commentary about why the Church doesn't need to be sealed. Instead of trying to argue about why the Church is not mentioned or sealed, a pre-trib proponent could just say, "We're already in heaven."

Noah and Lot as Examples
The tribulation period is compared to the times of Noah and Lot by Jesus in Luke 17:28. Most people argue over whether the time frame Jesus was talking about in that passage was pre-trib or post-trib. In doing so, they miss an important point. The two circumstances that the Noah and Lot situations have in common are the removal of the righteous and the judgment of the unbelievers. From these two accounts, we see that God prefers to remove His own when danger is involved.

Common-Sense Reasons for Believing in the Pretribulation Rapture

The World Test
One way to check the soundness of a doctrine is to see how the world reacts to it. One company put out a questionnaire that was used to screen prospective employees. One of the questions was, "Do you believe in the rapture?" If you answered “yes,” your chances of getting hired would not be good. Some internet sites do not allow the topics of Rapture or Second Coming. They do allow topics such as sex, gays, and drugs. The only time the news media mentions the rapture is when someone sets a date and is proven to be wrong.

That Old-Time Religion
It used to be a rule of thumb that when one was visiting a church or listening to a preacher, one could assume the preacher believed in repentance, prayer, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost if he taught the rapture doctrine. It was also true that the churches on fire for God worshipped out of storefronts. Today, many of those storefront churches have moved into marble palaces and have strayed from their principal doctrines.

Birds of a Feather Flock Together
Whenever I look at all the groups that teach false doctrine and are highly focused on end-time events, I cannot find any that support the rapture theory. Some organizations, the Jehovah's Witnesses, for example, teach a false gospel and are heavily into Bible prophecy. Why, then, don't Jehovah's Witnesses teach a false doctrine that would be right up their alley? Could it be that the demonic forces that influence these groups know something that Christians opposed to the rapture don't know? The list of prophetically minded cults that reject the idea of a rapture goes on and on. Here are some more: the Mormons, the Worldwide Church of God and the Moonies, as well as leaders like Jim Jones and David Koresh.

The Church Would Rebuke the Antichrist
If the Antichrist came to power with the Church still here, I do not see how he could operate. When Hitler was fighting to take over England, a number of Christians were praying for victory. Hitler made mistake after mistake, and England outperformed its enemy at every stage of the conflict. It is difficult to measure the impact of intercessory prayer in physical warfare. Little is known of how great a role praying saints played in the defeat of Nazi Germany. If the Church were to reside on earth during the tribulation, I am sure she would give the Antichrist fits. In Revelation 11:3, the two witnesses alone give the Antichrist enough headaches. Millions of Christians who know their Bibles well would recognize the man of sin and pray fire down on his head. The post-trib view would have to plan on the Church just rolling over and playing dead the whole seven years.

We should all remember one thing: Knowing the Antichrist's mother's maiden name isn't the primary goal. Knowing Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and having your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life should be your number-one priority. The jailer asked Paul, "What must I do to be saved?" The answer was, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:30-31).


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1 posted on 10/17/2004 7:31:42 PM PDT by WhatNot
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To: WhatNot; CounterCounterCulture; Diver Dave

But what I want to know is how many years has Gary Condit been married to THAT woman.


2 posted on 10/17/2004 7:34:45 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy (,)
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To: WhatNot

Pre-trib RAPTURE BUMP!!!!


3 posted on 10/17/2004 7:36:06 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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To: WhatNot

You certainly are brave. LOL!


4 posted on 10/17/2004 7:49:09 PM PDT by NRA2BFree
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To: WhatNot; editor-surveyor; Commander8; fortheDeclaration; GrandEagle
ping......
5 posted on 10/17/2004 7:50:36 PM PDT by maestro
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To: WhatNot
”He” That is Taken Out of the Way

This is one of the reasons I quit believing in a pre trib rapture quite some time ago. To think that the Holy Spirit leaves the world, then that those who are left behind get saved in some cases is just not believable.

6 posted on 10/17/2004 8:25:24 PM PDT by ladyinred (The simple lie always conquers the more complex truth. (propaganda))
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To: WhatNot; OrthodoxPresbyterian; the-ironically-named-proverbs2; happygrl; Shellback Chuck
One way to check the soundness of a doctrine is to see how the world reacts to it. One company put out a questionnaire that was used to screen prospective employees. One of the questions was, "Do you believe in the rapture?" If you answered “yes,” your chances of getting hired would not be good.

Unreal!!!! By this sort of reasoning, any obscure loony theory could be legitimized. A person's chances of being hired, if he/she admits a belief in any number of wacko theories, is pretty slim as well. Lack of popularity does not indicate in any way that such beliefs are valid. Or invalid.

The soundness of doctrine is tested by searching Scripture (the testimony of the witnesses in the Law and the Prophets) to see if these things are true. "Searching Scripture" means exactly that, not looking to see what Hal Lindsey and Tim Lahaye and other "experts" have to say. "Searching Scripture" does not mean finding only those portions that seemingly promote one viewpoint, while ignoring those portions that conflict. That's pretty common nowadays, summed up in the ubiquitous expression,"difficult verses".

Amos 8:11-12 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

7 posted on 10/17/2004 8:36:21 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal (RE)
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To: ladyinred

It doesn't mean that the Holy Spirit leaves the world. That would be impossible because God is omni-present....everywhere present.

What it means is that the one currently holding back the onslaught of evil stops holding it back. "He who now prevents will prevent until he be taken out of the way." That is: He was standing in the way of evil. He steps out of the way of evil.


8 posted on 10/17/2004 9:19:19 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
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To: xzins

That makes more sense to me, but I have had others tell me that the Holy Spirit literally leaves because He is embodied in the Christians. Your explanation is much more sensible.


9 posted on 10/17/2004 10:30:56 PM PDT by ladyinred (The simple lie always conquers the more complex truth. (propaganda))
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To: xzins
It doesn't mean that the Holy Spirit leaves the world. That would be impossible because God is omni-present....everywhere present. What it means is that the one currently holding back the onslaught of evil stops holding it back. "He who now prevents will prevent until he be taken out of the way." That is: He was standing in the way of evil. He steps out of the way of evil.

Amen!

I am always amazed at how people say they left a particular position over one scripture they could not understand.

With many it is the fact that sacrifices are offered again in the Millennium.

10 posted on 10/17/2004 11:06:32 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: WhatNot

Would you like me to alert the pretribulation rapture ping list?


11 posted on 10/17/2004 11:15:03 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Thank you Rush Limbaugh-godfather of the New Media.)
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To: ladyinred; xzins

I once heard it said...

There are those who believe in Pre-Trib

There are those who believe in Mid-Trib

and There are those who believe in Post-Trib.

What is most important is NOT to be a Post-Toastie.

"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."


12 posted on 10/17/2004 11:34:20 PM PDT by Diver Dave (Stay Prayed Up)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Moshiach has an idea of the order of things and how to interpret the Books of the Prophets in the Real, "Old" Testament.


13 posted on 10/18/2004 12:23:07 AM PDT by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon..)
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To: ladyinred
I have had others tell me that the Holy Spirit literally leaves because He is embodied in the Christians

Your sense is absolutely correct. The Holy Spirit truly does affect our sense of Truth. "He will lead us into all Truth." is what the Bible says.

The Truth is exactly what the scripture says. The one preventing the onslaught of evil will step out of the way of evil. In short, God finally gives what He has promised: As with Pharaoh of old, He lets men have the desires of their evil hearts.....and (literally) all HELL breaks loose.

14 posted on 10/18/2004 5:32:17 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
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To: Diver Dave

Post-Toastie............LOL!


15 posted on 10/18/2004 5:37:06 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Hi, ftD. Good response.

How goes the presidential campaign in your state?


16 posted on 10/18/2004 5:38:00 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
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To: maestro; WhatNot; editor-surveyor; Commander8; fortheDeclaration
Good morning gentlemen! I'll be quite busy today at work, but I just HAD to jump in here this morning.

In context Rev20 is CLEARLY after the tribulation.

REV: 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power,
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.


Matt 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. ....
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

1 Cor 15:
51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

In reading before and after these scriptures I still didn't find a specific time reference, maybe I missed it. What I did find is the sounding of the trumpet - the LAST trump I believe it is called.

Lets go back to Matthew Ch. 24:
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

I see a trumpet announcing the return of Christ here AFTER the tribulation.

1 Thes 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Here Gods word tells us that before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, there will be a great falling away and that the man of sin (the anti-christ) would be revealed.

2 Thes
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

A couple of things of interest here. The first is that since the anti-christ does not even come to power until the tribulation, he certainly can not be revealed for who he is until after, or at least well into the tribulation. Since this happens first, Jesus can't be coming back at the beginning of the tribulation.

The second thing that hit me was that most of the Christian world is looking for Christs return to be the next major event when in fact the anti-christ's arrival will be the next event.
17 posted on 10/18/2004 5:55:38 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: fortheDeclaration; topcat54; xzins
I am always amazed at how people say they left a particular position over one scripture they could not understand. With many it is the fact that sacrifices are offered again in the Millennium.

For many, it's not lack of understanding -- we understand all too well.

I simply cannot square the pretribulational rubric with 2The 2:1-3, which speaks regarding the parousia of Christ as equivalent with the "gathering together to Him." They're conflated, and do not come until after the man of sin is revealed. Because this rather clearly indicates that there is just one 2nd Coming, not two; and because there is no explicit, good reason to separate a Rapture and a 2nd Coming, I moved away from the pretribulational position.

18 posted on 10/18/2004 6:39:31 AM PDT by jude24 (sola gratia)
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To: jude24; fortheDeclaration; xzins

You are correct.

The pre-trib rapture theory is not directly based on exaggerated literalism, as some would argue. It is based on the radical distinction that some folks make between Israel and the Church.

They argue that God cannot deal again with Israel until the Church is secretly removed from the earth.

As if God has not been dealing with Israel for the last 2000 years.


19 posted on 10/18/2004 6:53:03 AM PDT by topcat54
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To: jude24

You do not like the Rapture being separated from the 2nd Coming, so you moved away from a pretribulation rapture?

Do you now have a perspective that has the two occurring simultaneously? That would be unlikely, too, wouldn't it?

Seems to me you're going to have to separate them by at least a minute or two, aren't you?

How does he come with ten thousands of his saints if he hasn't already gathered them AT LEAST a minute or two before? And if a minute, why not an hour? a week?....


20 posted on 10/18/2004 7:19:34 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
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